Beautiful antique wooden doors - look and enjoy

Antique entrance door design

Antique metal doors have a decorative finish, stylized for a specific time era. The client independently selects the required design, after which the application is submitted for production. In order to artificially age the surface, technologies such as brushing, patination, staining, installation of decorative wood overlays, and glass and forged elements are used. The design is durable, reliable and consists of the following modules:

• Steel sheet with a thickness of 2 mm or more.
• Door frame made of metal corner.
• Stiffening ribs that give the product strength.
• Heat and sound insulating filler.
• Anti-burglary mechanisms, hinges and fittings.

Most options are made to order, in accordance with the dimensions of the original doorway. Products undergo pre-sale preparation and testing, which eliminates the supply of defective models.

How to choose the right antique door?

When ordering antique solid wood doors from us, take a close look at them: the wood material is processed using a method called “brushing”. We use pine, ash and oak species to make doors.

Designers prefer this method because the treated wood leaves its natural pattern on the doors. “brushing” is easily used when working with decorative partitions and various elements.

A method such as “patination”, then coating with stain and varnish will add sophistication to the doors.

If you have any difficulties with a certain choice, dial the contact numbers of managers who will always help and give clarification and advice on any issue.

The price of “aged” doors these days is quite high. Antique attributes of furniture have not lost their value at all times, becoming higher and higher in value. If you want to decorate your home in this style, while looking for a suitable purchase amount for yourself, you can absolutely encounter incredibly inflated prices for some interior attributes.

We make the task easier: ours is ready to produce antique gates, gates and doors based on the classics at a low cost. Let this please you, because our work will be worthy of the admiration of those around us and true connoisseurs of antiquity.

Only true connoisseurs and admirers of high-quality, exquisite antique furniture visit our company’s website. Antique doors are not only an interior decoration, but a certain attribute imbued with the spirit of the Middle Ages. Do not doubt the services we offer, because they are only beneficial for our clients. “Starinoff Furniture” works conscientiously and thinks through every little detail from start to finish, at the same time offering a unique design.

Antique wooden doors made from solid wood are durable, and our approach will contribute to this. Many customers thank us for the conscientious, high-quality work and reasonable prices.

Main types

You can make antique wooden doors for any premises.

Conventionally, they can be divided into two large groups:

• Interior. They are installed indoors. They fit perfectly into the interiors of both city apartments and private houses. Antique solid pine doors will decorate halls and living rooms. Their dimensions will depend on the height of the ceilings and the width of the openings.
• Input. This is the calling card of the house. Using such systems, the first impression is often made about the owners, their tastes and position in society. The beauty of such doors is complemented by a spacious porch. But on the staircase of a high-rise building, antique wooden doors will look too pretentious and even caricatured.

To maintain the interior in a strict classical style, it is necessary to install swing structures. To save space, folding and sliding models are also used. In such cases, metal profiles are designed to look like silver, gold or bronze. Otherwise, there will be visual dissonance.

Retro fashion

Aged doors are classic and, judging by trends, will always be in demand.

There are several reasons why this happens:

• Classic doors are synonymous with prosperity. Wealthy people will always strive to emphasize their status. And people who do not have the opportunity to purchase such expensive things, and who are the majority, will use stylized doors. In addition, there are a lot of such options on the market, different in color, shape, decor and material. Moreover, the door is the calling card of an apartment or room, by which one can judge its owner.
• Antique doors create a special mood. Office premises, shopping centers, and almost all premises in which a person spends most of his time are decorated in modern, high-tech and the like. Therefore, when a person crosses the threshold of his home, he wants to relax and feel comfortable.

• There are trends that use light pastel shades, and they have a calming effect on the human psyche and nervous system.
• Despite their intricate appearance, they are very practical. Doors made of hardwood are durable, and, treated with special impregnations, they can be used in bathrooms and rooms with temperature changes. A large selection of materials will ensure you enjoy for many years.
• Special processing techniques are available to people without special skills. This is an excellent opportunity for creativity and manifestation of your individuality. And something made with your own hands is especially expensive.

How to paint?

Nowadays it is quite difficult to find a real antique door in a store, so many people make artificially aged doors with their own hands. To do this, use a method called patination. It is characterized by applying several layers of paint and creating artificial abrasions. To paint a door this way, you need to apply the first coat of paint in the color of your choice. Moreover, it is better if the base coat is as smooth as possible. There should be no gaps or, on the contrary, clots.

The next layer must be applied only with a soft brush. Moreover, it is better if you apply lighter paint a second time. After this, you should not wait until the second coat of paint is completely dry. You need to take any rag or thick paper and wipe the door in some places, usually this is done along the edges. After this, you need to let the door dry.

When the paint dries, you need to coat it with varnish. Then you need to sand the surface with sandpaper in some places. This way you can create a whole vintage masterpiece.

The scuffed effect can also be created using paraffin.

To do this, you need to alternately apply regular paint and paraffin, allowing each layer to dry. Moreover, you need to start with paraffin, and cover it with lighter paint. Four such layers need to be dried and proceed to finishing.

The paraffin must be carefully separated from the paint using a spatula. Moreover you cannot leave scratches ; the surface should look like an old one, and not suffer from mechanical damage.
After this, you need to sand the surface and apply a layer of wax. The wax will finish the paint job and help create a subtle antique shine on the door.

Old wooden doors - removing paint before reconstruction

If there is an old, painted solid wood block, it should be cleaned before artificial aging work. There are various techniques for removing paint:

• mechanical;
• thermal;
• chemical.

In the first case, the old paint is removed with a spatula, knife and sanded with sandpaper to remove any damage that has appeared. You can also use special attachments for a drill - this will make the job easier and faster. Paint removal can also be done using heat. To do this, the paint is burned with a blowtorch, and the charred residues are removed with sandpaper. If there was glazing, the glass must be removed before work. Chemical method: the action of special compounds to soften old paint, as a result of which it peels off and is easily removed with a spatula.

If dark spots are found after removing the coating, they are treated with a special wood bleaching agent. Work is carried out outdoors or in a room with good ventilation.

Various styles

Most often, vintage doors are installed in rooms that are more classical in style or in rooms decorated in a retro theme. Usually this is an interesting design of wooden products, made in dark colors such as brown or even black. But these doors can also be installed in a room decorated in a loft style. This style in itself is quite brutal. Moreover, most often rooms decorated in this style are distinguished by unusual things.

So, you can install antique doors on a large wardrobe. This vintage design will be not just a wardrobe, but a central element of the interior of any room. For children, such a wardrobe can become a place for their games, for example, to enter Narnia. Such an antique cabinet will not go unnoticed and will attract the attention of all guests.

Such designs fit perfectly into Mediterranean-style rooms. In such rooms you can install models with beautiful ornaments and complement them with carved shutters. You can complete the ensemble with large massive tables made of similar material. All these antique items look very harmonious and elegant. Doors made from untreated boards with massive fittings are perfect for this.

This design can also be installed in a room decorated in a minimalist style . This accent detail can enliven such a rustic, at first glance, interior. Forged doors with bars or wooden models with carvings will look very beautiful. Artificially aged models are more suitable for such an interior.

Very often, vintage doors are purchased for apartments and houses decorated in a shabby style. Such models usually have cracks and even shabby surfaces. Typically these doors are made of light wood. Moreover, this style can be complemented with a similar design cabinet or screen.

Brushing

The beauty of this method is that in the end result it will be difficult to determine whether it is a “fake” or a real rare item. Only a professional can understand this.

This technique includes 4 main stages:

• First you need a metal brush. Choose a brush with a stiff wire. With its help, you need to remove and deform the soft layers of wood. After this treatment, the surface will become embossed, and you will give the canvas structure. This should be done carefully, ensuring that the surface and depth of the structure are uniform.
• During work, the surface becomes shaggy and linty. This effect is not needed, so the wood will need to be tidied up. Here the same metal brush comes into play, only with soft wire. It will not pull out new fibers, but will allow you to get rid of old hangnails. Such work is carried out exclusively along the fibers; in no case do it across, as the structure will deteriorate and the wood will look torn.
• To bring the surface to the desired “condition” you need a soft polymer brush. Use it to remove small lint. We do everything as in the first and second stages.
• The last stage is applying a decorative coating. To do this, use wax-containing oil. First, you need to fill the recesses with a dark shade of oil, and cover the entire surface of the canvas with a lighter shade. If desired, you can do the opposite.

It is important to note that not all types of wood are suitable for such manipulations. For example, products made from birch or beech have a poor structure, but oak or pine doors are ideal.

Creating cracks

When the doors are old and have been painted many times, the coating on them often cracks, creating an artistic web. But you don’t have to wait for such cracks to appear; you can do them yourself in just a couple of hours.

The technology for creating cracks is called crackle, and the compounds that promote their appearance are called craquelure. As a rule, these are varnishes with special properties. The ingredients included in their composition tear the paintwork applied on top of it or in the lower layer.

Varnish-craquelure

Different varnishes act differently, they can be one- or two-step, so before use you need to study the instructions:

• The simplest method using a one-component composition is that the craquelure is applied to the dried paint coating in a thin layer, and it cracks under the influence of the active components.
• Another method involves applying craquelure between two layers of paints of different colors. In this case, the top layer is damaged, and the bottom layer is visible through the cracks.

The crackle method can be used to decorate not only wooden, but also iron doors to look antique. And also combine it with other methods of aging. Look at the examples:

Small dark cracks

Large light “web”

Combination of crackle and abrasions

The effect of cracks in certain places

Peeling paint effect

Metal door with the effect of an old coating

If you wish, you can do without special compounds and get a similar result using other means, most of which can be found in any home:

• PVA glue. The glue is applied to the canvas in a thick layer and, without allowing it to dry, it is painted with acrylic paint. After which the painted product is dried with a hair dryer. Hot air will cause the paint on the adhesive to crack.

Waterproof PVA glue

• Vinegar. Regular table vinegar 9%, if poured onto a freshly painted coating, will also cause it to crack.

After drying, the vinegar is washed off and the fabric is dried.

• Gelatin, egg white. When covering a door leaf with raw protein or brewed gelatin, it will not be the paint that will crack, but the coating itself. Therefore, the effect will be there, but not as pronounced.

Edible gelatin

• Aluminum powder. It is also called silverfish. The door is varnished and after 20-30 minutes they begin to dry it with a hairdryer. Drying too quickly will cause the composition to lose its integrity and the varnish to crack. You need to carefully rub the powder into them and sweep away the excess.

Serebryanka

Whatever method you use, the result needs to be consolidated. Therefore, after final drying, the canvas is opened with colorless varnish.

Patination technology

This method involves using several paints with different shades. The method is not the easiest, so you will need to follow a clear sequence and rules. The work order is as follows:

1. Cover with a base coat of paint. It's best to use a spray bottle, but if you don't have one, a brush will do. The main condition is not to leave streaks or drips from the brush. It will be difficult to achieve this, and some will even say that doing it with a brush or roller is simply unrealistic. Although if you want, you can do anything, you just need a little patience. After painting, the doors need to dry. It is recommended to start the next stage in a few days.
2. When the surface is ready, apply the next layer of paint with a different shade. In this case, there is no need to use a spray bottle. Need a brush. It is important to apply the paint in a thin layer. You should not immerse the brush deep into the container, as drips are inevitable. The essence of these manipulations is to draw structural stripes.
3. Then we wait until the paint begins to dry, but do not let it dry completely. We create abrasions using a dry rag. As a result, the lower, dark base will be visible through the light tone of the paint, which will give the door a shabby look and the feeling that it has been painted more than once, a couple of decades apart. All this needs to be opened with varnish.

Craquelure

The technology for producing deep and small cracks in a painted canvas is called craquelure. Why? Craquelure is a material that creates the effect of breaking an integral layer. Anyone can age entrance or interior doors using this method. If you strictly follow the instructions, the result will be the best.

The first step is to apply the base paint. When the surface is dry, you need to spray the finishing coat (craquelure) onto it. As a result, the components will cause the base layer of paint to become covered with a web in the form of decorative cracks. This will take a few minutes. Oddly enough, but that's all. There shouldn't be any difficulties.

Which paint color to choose is entirely your decision; the shade options are very different. There are no rules or advice here. You can take into account the color of the trim in your home or room.

Of course, there are many more technologies for aging doors: carving, adding metal or wooden overlays, painting and more. But these methods are quite complex. The methods described above will be enough to give your door several decades of life.

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Preparatory work

In order to get chic antique doors, as they look in the photos from construction catalogs, you need to follow the instructions very carefully. If you have a new piece of wood in front of you or a door that just came off the woodworking machine, you can get to work right away.

Removing old paint from a door.

But you can also age an old door that has been standing in your house for a long time, unprepossessingly welcoming guests. Antique entrance doors can be obtained after careful and painstaking work, so the door must not only be removed from its hinges, but also the fittings must be removed.

Dust and dirt accumulate on the surface, which can be washed off with a soap solution. If your door is covered with a layer of paint or varnish, it needs to be removed.

To do this, you need to use a grinding machine, and work out the joints and threads with sandpaper.

Interior doors that are already outdated can be revived by removing the paint and refinishing them to look antique. If there are cracks and scratches on the surface, they should be repaired with matching mastic. The rest of the work with antique doors should be checked using the suggested methods.